Research funder · United States
BrightFocus Foundation
Non-profit organization in the USA
- Grants since 2016
- 717
- Awarded, last 5 years (where amounts are published)
- $108M
- Funded works, last 5 years
- 1 862
- Funded works, all time
- 3 290
Grants
2024–2026 · fellowship · National Glaucoma Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Role of Microtubules in Glaucomatous Schlemm's Canal Mechanobiology
Haiyan Li · Georgia Institute of Technology
2024–2027 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Fingerprinting the impact of declining neuromodulation on late-life memory
Martin Dahl · Max Planck Institute for Human Development
2024–2027 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Preventing Glaucoma Blindness with a Novel Anti-Scarring Therapy
Jennifer Fan Gaskin · Centre For Eye Research Australia (australia)
2024–2026 · fellowship · National Glaucoma Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Mechanisms Underlying Retinal Ganglion Cell Subtype-specific Resiliency in Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy
Mengya Zhao · University of California, San Francisco
2024–2027 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Studying accelerated brain aging mechanisms in patients with Alzheimer´s disease
María Llorens-Martín · Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
2024–2027 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: New Investigator Grant
The pivotal role of extracellular vesicles in driving drusen biogenesis
Miguel Flores Bellver · University of Colorado Anschutz
2024–2027 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Exploring geographic health disparities in AD/RD: Amyloid PET imaging and cognitive aging among rural-dwelling older adults
Justin Miller · University of Washington
2024–2026 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Assessing the impact of Blood Brain Barrier dysfunction on CSF Tau levels in Alzheimer's Disease
Joshna Gadhavi · Emory University
2024–2026 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Monitoring progression and unraveling heterogeneity in early Alzheimer’s disease with novel cognitive and neuroimaging markers
Helena Gellersen · German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
2024–2027 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Decoding neuron- and microglial-specific molecular mechanisms underlying Presenilin2 function in familial Alzheimer's disease
Willem Annaert · Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie
2024–2026 · fellowship · Macular Degeneration Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
REDD1 in Age-related Macular Degeneration Pathology
Sandeep Moothedath Subrahmanian · Pennsylvania State University
2024–2027 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dynamic interplay of vascular injury and inflammation on Alzheimer's disease progression
Julie Ottoy · Sunnybrook Research Institute
2023–2026 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Unfolding Alzheimer’s Tau Therapies: approaches for the near- and long-term
Paul Seidler · University of Southern California
2023–2026 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Therapeutic Gene-Editing in Alzheimer's disease
Subhojit Roy · Regent University
2023–2025 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Molecular mechanisms and effects of Alzheimer's-related lipid dysregulation in astrocytes
Till Zimmer · Cornell University
2023–2027 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: New Investigator Grant
Investigating the role of neutrophil extracellular traps in neovascular AMD
Matthew Rutar · University of Canberra
2023–2026 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Nuclear material transfer in pathogenic protein spreading
Olga Chechneva · Shriners Hospitals for Children
2023–2026 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Fidelity of Tau Strain Transmission: a fluorescence in situ and cryo-EM structural characterization study
Henry Pan · University of California, San Francisco
2023–2025 · fellowship · Macular Degeneration Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Deciphering The Inflammatory Pathways Triggering Age-related Macular Degeneration
Abdelilah Majdoubi · Yale University
2023–2026 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Elucidating the mechanisms of action of Gamma-secretase modulators (GSMs) to facilitate structure-based design of next-generation therapeutics
Lucía Chávez-Gutiérrez · Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie
2023–2026 · fellowship · Macular Degeneration Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
The glycans of the human retina and their interaction with complement factor H
Jaclyn Swan · University of California San Diego
2023–2027 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Citrullinated Tau as a Therapeutic Target in Tauopathies
Daniel C. Lee · University Of Kentucky Research Foundation
2023–2026 · fellowship · National Glaucoma Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
A spatial transcriptomics approach to identify molecular changes and multicellular interactions underlying retinal neurodegeneration in glaucoma
Karthik Shekhar · University of California, Berkeley
2023–2026 · fellowship · Macular Degeneration Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Autologous choroidal endothelial cell replacement for the treatment of AMD
Narendra Pandala · University of Iowa
2023–2025 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Other
Modulation of neuroinflammation in glaucoma by GLP-1R agonist
Kazuya Oikawa · University of Wisconsin–Madison
2023–2026 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Disease-modifying mitochondrial uncouplers: a new therapeutic strategy for glaucoma
Adriana Di Polo · University Of Montreal Hospital Center (canada)
2023–2026 · fellowship · Macular Degeneration Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Factor H-like Protein 1 Insufficiency in Retinal Pigment Epithelium
Rayne Lim · University of Washington
2023–2025 · fellowship · Macular Degeneration Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dysregulated choroidal adaptive immunity exacerbates macular degeneration pathology
James Walsh · Washington University in St. Louis
2023–2027 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: Innovative Research
Imaging choriocapillaris hemodynamic defects in age-related macular degeneration
Yali Jia · Oregon Health & Science University
2023–2026 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Non-Drug, Non-Surgical Hydrogel-Based Treatment of Glaucoma
Mark Prausnitz · Georgia Institute of Technology
2023–2027 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
ESCRT-III nuclear surveillance in CHMP2B FTD
Alyssa Coyne · Johns Hopkins University
2023–2026 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
A new optimized form of Nerve Growth Factor: an anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective drug candidate for Glaucoma
Silvia Marinelli · European Brain Research Institute (italy)
2023–2025 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Assessment of the pyruvate kinase isoform imbalance in the loss of cell identity in Alzheimer's disease neurons and neuroinflammation
Larissa Traxler · University of California San Diego
2023–2027 · research · BrightFocus Foundation: Standard
Investigating the role of impaired mitochondrial dynamics in Exfoliation Glaucoma
Arunkumar Venkatesan · SUNY Upstate Medical University
2023–2026 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Meynert to mayhem? The temporal-spatial evolution of early tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease.
Joost Riphagen · Massachusetts General Hospital
2023–2027 · research · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Standard
Brain-wide network dysfunctions in Alzheimer’s Disease of individual mice
Ariel Gilad · Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2023–2025 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Exploring the protective role of the big tau isoform in Alzheimer's disease
Dah-Eun Chung · Baylor College of Medicine
2023–2025 · fellowship · Alzheimer's Disease Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Atomic Structure Determination of A-beta oligomers associated with Alzheimer’s disease
David Boyer · University of California, Los Angeles
2023–2026 · research · Macular Degeneration Research: New Investigator Grant
Investigating Human Choroidal Macrophage Recruitment and Activation in Age-related Macular Degeneration.
Kelly Mulfaul · University of Iowa
2023–2025 · research · National Glaucoma Research: Standard
Role of Septin Cytoskeleton in Trabecular Meshwork, IOP and Glaucoma
Rupalatha Maddala · Duke University